1999
Van Oostdam, J., Gilman, A., Dewailly, E., Usher, P., Wheatley, B., Kuhnlein, H., Neve, S., Walker, J., Tracy, B., Feeley, M., Jerome, V., & Kwavnick, B.
Elsevier
This article provides an extensive review of research on exposure to environmental contaminants and impacts to human health in the Canadian Arctic. It explores Indigenous concepts of health and discusses the importance of traditional foods to physical health and social well-being. It then identifies the contaminants found in traditional foods that are of the primary concern for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis populations, the known impacts of these contaminants on human health, and risk management options.
Human Health Implications of Environmental Contaminants in Arctic Canada: A Review.
Van Oostdam, J., Gilman, A., Dewailly, E., Usher, P., Wheatley, B., Kuhnlein, H., Neve, S., Walker, J., Tracy, B., Feeley, M., Jerome, V., & Kwavnick, B. (1999). Human health implicaitons of environmental contaminants in Arctic Canada: A review. Science of the Total Environment, 230(1-3), 1-82.
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